2 years!

Chase and I stayed at The Maverick Hotel (http://www.themaverickhotel.com/) in Tecumseh, OK last night to celebrate our 2 year anniversary! It was simple and adorable and we highly recommend it to anyone who wants to get away for the night. It's owned by Amanda Oakes' (the wife of the Children's pastor at Wildwood) parents and they have done an excellent job with the place! It's about 40 minutes from Norman and not too expensive. A great place to relax and celebrate.

So...two years almost...that's crazy. Hard to believe that we got married almost 2 years ago! I can't imagine life without Chase (I guess we have been together for 7 years!) and I am so thankful to have him for my husband. He is really an incredible husband - constantly finding ways to love and serve me and forgiving me over and over again for leaving the closet light on or a cold cup of coffee in the microwave (though it's been awhile since I've done that). He is a man of integrity and faithfulness and he really cares about people. Not to mention that he's a great piano player. I definitely found a man with skills. :) I have loved our last 2 years together and I am so excited to spend the rest of my life with him. I love you Chase!

April 15, 2007 - a good day

Welcome to our blog!

We have finally done it. It has been on the to do list since the beginning of the year and today is the day we can cross it off! For the the past several months, we have kept up with friends' blogs religiously (Abby, yours never changes...you need to update it!) and love hearing about our friends' lives in New York, Nicaragua, Colorado, Kansas, China, Texas, and of course, Oklahoma. But we realize this has been a one-sided blogging relationship and we would like to give you the opportunity to blog-stalk us as well! :) (Though Chase feels that we had to decide to move
someplace exotic to warrant a blog).

We currently have this blog named "the traveling russells" because that's what we do. We travel. Almost every weekend. And we are topping it off with a long term move to Nicaragua (the above mentioned "exotic place"). However, as soon as we think of a better name (suggestions anyone?), "the traveling russells" is history. You see, "the nicaragua russells" is already taken. We will no longer be "the norman russells". We could do "the youngest russell couple" but this might chafe "the eldest russell couple". Chase suggested "russells on rye" but as this made no sense whatsoever, it was quickly discarded. Thus, we are left with "the traveling russells," and since this is our temporary name, we will provide you with some of the many pictures of our travels.